Christine Binzel

Professor of Economics: Economy and Society of the Middle East

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Affiliations: AALIMS Faculty Fellow, CEPR Research Affiliate, IZA Research Fellow

Memberships: Research Committee on Development Economics of the German Economic Association, German Social and Economic History Society 

Fields of Interest: Development Economics, Economic History,  Political Economy, Behavioral Economics, Causal Inference, Middle East and North Africa, Social Mobility and Social Movements

Job announcement: I am looking for a Ph.D. student starting October 1, 2024.  German language skills are required due to teaching obligations. For more information, click here (pdf) or here (inomics).

* New *

• New version of my paper on how the Protestant Reformation transformed society through the increased use of the vernacular in printing and education (joint with Andreas Link and Rajesh Ramachandran)  >> here

• New version of my paper on the impact of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) on armed conflict in Africa (joint with Dietmar Fehr and Andreas Link) >> here

• Non-academic piece on "Making the Most of Development Assistance" (joint with Matthis Schündeln) >> here